Encore 2 - Zenni glasses with thick lenses (2)

Glasses: Zenni 260817 (fitted with standard 1.57 lenses)
[L: -11.00; c-1.25 v / R: -11.50; c-1.25 v]

Unlike the previous pair, this Zenni frame does not lend itself for very thick lenses. This prescription was already too much - the glasses could not be folded up. So Zenni beveled the back side of the lenses, at no extra cost. The effect is nice, almost like a myodisc.

Encore 1 - Zenni glasses with thick lenses (1)

Glasses: Zenni 261117 (fitted with standard 1.57 lenses)
[L: -14.00 / R: -15.00]

Lens thickness at the edge is 14 millimeters. Still, the glasses can be folded up neatly. The same would go for stronger lenses, perhaps -17 or -18, but the lenses would be in the way if somebody would try to wear the glasses for a photo shoot. The -15.00 lens is just manageable for my models.

Index photo shoots on this weblog

From bottom to top:

early February 2011 : Nostalgia 001 - 002
12/2/2001: Karen 001 - 331
23/3/2001: Marieke (1) 001 - 021
13/4/2001: Jolien (1) 001 - 260
29/4/2001: Marieke (2) 022 - 113
18/5/2011: Marieke (3) 114 - 322 (Germany)
23/5/2011: Esther 001 - 172
12/6/2011: Margriet (2) 096 - 230
15/6/2011: Astrid (5) 555 - 615
9/7/2011: Léonne * 001 - 194
13/7/2011: Connie * 001 - 137
28/7/2011: Nel (5) 362 - 396 (Ireland)
10/8/2011: Christien * 001 - 186
15/8/2011: Bianca * 001 - 186
26/8/2011: Friedag catwalk Nordhorn (Nel, Astrid, Farishta, Lucy) 001 - 053
18/8/2011: Douce * 001 - 174
24/8/2011 Melissa * 001 - 280
September 2011: Newspaper report catwalk Nordhorn 001
7/10/2011: Claudine (1) 001 - 092
late September 2011: Claudia Allegonda * and the magic glasses 001 - 056
14/10/2011: Claudine (2) 093 - 186
16/10/2011: Lucy (1) 001 - 210
Frontier guards 001
Christien (Eve and the Apple)
Melissa (Merry Christmas)
15/1/2012: Daphne * 001 - 045
28/3/2012: Irma (2) 129 - 158
24/3/2012: Nel (6) 397 - 418
5/8/2012: Daisy * 001 - 283 (Belgium)
early August, 2012: Nel (6) 419 - 420 (Belgium)
28/10/2012: Nel (7) 421 - 440
4/11/2012: Nel (8) 441 - 481
June, 2012: Nel (9) 482 - 485
12/10/2012: Nel (10) 486 - 487 (Germany)
12/11/2012: Lucy (2) 211 - 273
15/1/2013: Marieke (4) 333-398
17/1/2013: Jolien (2) 261 - 365
19/1/2013: Marike 001 - 072
2/2/2013: Nathalie & Kimberley, the identical twins * 001 - 187
12/4/2013: Grazyna * 001 - 112 (Ireland)
15/4/2013: Emilia * 001 - 284 (Ireland)
16/4/2013: Osi * 001 - 242 (Ireland)
14/4/2013: Sohaila * 001 - 132 (Ireland)
21/6/2013: mother Miriam & daughter Esther 001 - 190
6/9/2013: Doreen (1) 001 - 158
25/10/2013:  Doreen (2) 159 - 239

* :  freelance model (via Model Mayhem)
(...) : some models posed more than once

Doreen 239

This beautiful portrait of Doreen in striking black and white outfit concludes her second photo shoot which was entirely devoted to modern glasses by Zenni.

A word of thanks goes to my life partner Nel for the use of her hats, house and garden and for her brief guest appearance in this photo shoot.

Doreen, it was my pleasure to work with you again! The second photo shoot is always easier than the first. I was not surprised to hear that you did not have tired eyes this time. If all goes well, your glasses will arrive within a few days. You certainly made an excellent choice. May I add that I would have said the same if you had made a different choice? It was amazing how many of the Zenni glasses really suit you. Another big compliment for your splendid black & white outfit - reminiscent of the "Pop Art" fashion style of the mid 1960's. Hat off for your individual, excellent style of posing. And thanks for your efforts on the concertina....
It's a pity that only some eighty photos can be posted here - we took over 600 - but this weblog is now filled to the brim. At least you have the advantage that your photo shoots will remain "on top" forever :).

A note to viewers: my next photo shoots will be posted on my third weblog soon:
http://lovelyladiesbehindcrystalveil.blogspot.com/

Doreen 238

Doreen just started posing in these black and white Zenni glasses when the garden gate was opened. Nel came home after a fifteen mile walk. By coincidence she was in her own black and white Zenni glasses and though tired and without any make up, Nel suggested straightaway that I could make one photo of Doreen and herself in identical Zenni glasses. Her black hat from Napoli was big enough to provide shelter for two models. After seeing the edited version of this duo portrait, Nel kindly gave me her permission to post it in this documentary of the photo shoot with Doreen. Both glasses have an identical Rx and the only difference is that Nel's glasses have progressive lenses.

Doreen 237

Glasses: Zenni 282321 (still available)
[L: -11.00; c-1.25 v / R: -11.50; c-1.50 v]

Note: the hazy effect was created on purpose by blowing a bit of cigarette smoke towards Doreen just before snapping.

Doreen 236

Zenni did a nice job on these glasses. As usual, I ordered them with their standard 1.57 lenses to cut down on the expenses. The Zenni staff kindly put some extra work on the lenses so that the glasses could be folded up neatly for their journey from China to Holland. No extra cost was charged. The effect is not unlike that of a myodisc. I like the play of the light in the lenses. Apologies to Doreen and the viewers of this weblog for the blue spots - they are not visible in the original portrait but in an inexplicable way, they turn up when the photo is transferred to the weblog. A black version of these glasses was used to great effect in my second photo shoot with Lucy, in the old part of Amsterdam in the autumn of 2012.